GROTON – Groton picked up a pair of one-run victories over Sisseton in American Legion baseball on Tuesday night. The Tigers had a walk-off win 8-7, and collected a 1-0 victory in the other contest.
Groton overcame a 7-1 deficit with a six-run fifth inning. Jarrett Erdman had a bases-loaded triple, and Lincoln Krause had a two-run double to highlight the frame.
The hosts then recorded the walk-off victory when Jordan Schwan hit a one-out double to plate Karsten Fliehs.
Schwan had four hits in the victory.
Carter Simon hit a solo home run in the fifth inning for the only scoring in the other game.
Gavin Englund tossed a one-hitter for Groton, while Rylan Anderson struck out 13 batters for Sisseton.
Sisseton 212 200 0 β 7 7 2
Groton 001 060 1 β 8 11 4
Levi Nelson, Carter Stickland (5), K. Rempp (6) and Rempp; Carter Simon, Nick Groeblinghoff (4), Karsten Fliehs (5) and Lincoln Krause. 2B β Groton, Jordan Schwan, Krause, TC Schuster. 3B β Groton, Jarrett Erdmann, Schwan.
Sisseton 000 000 0 β 0 1 0
Groton 000 010 x β 1 4 2
Rylan Anderson and Levi Nelson; Gavin Englund and Karsten Fliehs. HR β Groton, Carter Simon.
Milbank 10, Lake Norden-Badger 0
MILBANK – A quartet of Milbank pitchers combined to no-hit Lake Norden-Badger 10-0.
Aiden Kelly, Tyler Heinje, Zach Karges and Mack Koplin combined for 13 strikeouts.
Heinje had a two-run single in the second inning and an RBI double in the fifth to help power the Milbank offense.
Lake Preston 000 000 0 β 0 0 4
Milbank 131 212 x β 10 10 0
Teague Stevenson, B. Stevenson (5) and E. Schultz; Aiden Kelly, Tyler Heinje (4), Zach Karges (6), Mack Koplin (7) and Karges. 2B β Milbank, Brady Allen, Mason Allen, Heinje.